On my blog today, I’m joining the Coffee Pot Book Club to share news of the recent reissue of White Feathers, the debut novel of SUSAN LANIGAN, set during the early days of the First World War. What is the book about? "Anti-war and anti-patriarchy without ever saying so – a bravura performance of effortless …
Tag: WWI
Barney Campbell: The Fires of Gallipoli
I am delighted to be hosting BARNEY CAMPBELL on my blog today to celebrate the very recent publication of his new historical novel The Fires of Gallipoli, set in the First World War. Here you can learn more about the book and read an excerpt. What is the book about? The Fires of Gallipoli is a …
“The Meon Valley Railway – friendly, pleasurable, beautiful”
Today, I'm reposting a blog I wrote for the History Girls a few months ago. This blog follows on from the one I posted here last month about the literary and historical associations of the route of the long defunct Meon Valley Railway. Today, I am relating a little more about the railway itself, and the …
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